Canary

Policy check

Limits that fit
the account.

Canary acts on numbers you set, from rule thresholds to order sizes and cash reserves. It now prints every one in force with its source and meaning, and reads them against each other and against your account. Each value that does not fit gets a reason and, where one applies, a suggested fix.

Order limits follow the account. The cap on a single order’s value moves with the account’s worth (its net liquidation value), between a floor and a ceiling you set. A temporary larger cap takes one override, which Canary records in its journal.

In trading builds, a protective stop is no longer refused by that cap or by the short-sale check, as long as it sells no more than the stock or ETF you hold, counting your other working sell orders. When you hold fewer shares than one of Canary’s own stops would sell, Canary shrinks or cancels that stop on its own.

The check only reads; you change a limit by editing your files. Stops you placed by hand are never changed, and standard downloads stay read-only.

Watchlist and setups

Twenty names,
read bar by bar.

Keep up to 20 US stocks on one watchlist. Canary compares each completed five-minute bar with comparable earlier sessions and reports when unusual volume is followed by a price that holds or rises.

For a setup you want to pursue, it lists the standard calls and reads one dated quote for the exact call you choose. After a fill Canary placed, it checks the entry against later quotes at two points.

Setups are observations, not validated signals. Markouts leave out commissions and never replace account P&L. Watchlist edits change local preferences only, and there are no MCP setup tools.

Borrowing research

The cost of borrowing,
with its date.

Compare borrowing fees, price and liquidity for the stocks you name. Screen IBKR’s US borrowing feed for names that stay expensive, and rank FINRA’s reported short positions by size and days to cover.

Your assistant reads the same results through read-only MCP tools. Filters apply before the result limit, and each row keeps its source date.

Borrowing fees are a cost to borrowers, not a lender’s yield. Short interest comes from a twice-monthly report and does not track live positions. Percentage of free float is not available.

Cash sweep

Idle cash,
under your rules.

Canary plans short-dated government bills for surplus cash in the currency you hold. It keeps commitments and a cash reserve ahead of new purchases, and the reserve now follows the account’s net liquidation value and planned needs.

Before any purchase, the plan shows the bill’s order minimum, the fee bounds and the estimated gain after spread, fees and the cash interest you give up. Each purchase stays between a minimum and a maximum size, so none is too small to earn back its commission. You choose which currency comes first.

Desk shows the plan; Canary checks the cash, bill, price, fees and authority. Each order needs your confirmation or an explicitly pre-authorised sweep with limits and a veto window.

Off by default. Commissioning needs a calibrated policy and current settlement evidence. Bills can lose value if sold before maturity.